Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 281 Leaving the Loop Again
Liu Wuhuan stroked the heads of Liu Xiwuqi and Liu Weichen and warned:
"Da Dan is your adoptive father. Now that he is going south, he will take care of his duties as if he were his father. Don't neglect him.

"Follow the Great Chanyu from now on and listen to his teachings. Even if you only learn a little bit of the Great Chanyu, it will be useful to you throughout your life."

The two brothers said obediently:

"A child must obey his father's teachings."

In fact, going to Chang'an as hostage would be beneficial to them. At least they could expand their contacts and interact with the upper-class dignitaries of the Liang Kingdom.

This is why the leaders of Xianbei in Hexi rushed to send their nephews to follow Huan Xi as his guard.

Liu Xiwuqi, Liu Weichen, including Liu Quugu, will also join Lang Wei.

Huan Xi patrolled the north, taking Shen Chiqian and the Zuolang guards with him, while leaving Suo Bao and the Youlang guards in Chang'an.

Liu Kuantou, He Laitou, and some small tribal leaders who had defected from Dai Kingdom were also telling their heirs that when they arrived in Chang'an, they must abide by the law and not act recklessly.

If he really commits adultery and loses his life, it would be a trivial matter, but he is afraid that it will affect the relationship between the tribe and Huan Xi.

He Xuan cried so much that her father, He Yeqian, was about to leave for Chang'an with his family. Naturally, He Xuan couldn't bear to leave her friends in the tribe.

Hemulo was also saying goodbye to his family at this time.

Huan Xi did not refuse He Yeqian's family to go south, and he also took into account the deeds of Princess Rouran and Weiwei in the original time and space.

Unexpectedly, Fu Jian moved much faster than him and had already deposed Fu Sheng in advance.

If you can ignore Fu Sheng and wait for him to destroy the foundation, then when dealing with Fu Jian, you must punch fast and hard without giving him too much time to develop.

Winter came earlier in Hetao than in Guanzhong. The team had just entered the Xitao Plain. Before they arrived in Yinchuan, it had already started to snow.

Huan Xi was eager to return home. After arriving in Yinchuan, he only dismissed Baibao Xianbei and some of the bow cavalry who followed him north, and let them go home separately. He did not stay in Yinchuan for a long time.

Of course, purely in terms of development, Huan Xi controlled the entire northwest, sitting on the four states of Yong, Liang, Qin, and Liang. No matter how hard Fu Jian worked in Bingzhou, he could not catch up with the development of Liang.

He Muluo and Huan Xi were not actually married, but now that their status had been given, Huan Xi couldn't bear her being alone in a foreign land.

It was true that the plan could not keep up with the changes. Huan Xi had already been prepared to sit back and watch Fu Sheng cause trouble in Hedong, and was waiting for Bingzhou to be in chaos and he would come again to punish the people.

Deng Xia, Suo Xia, and Che Yin were still guarding Yinchuan. Huan Xi had nothing extra to say to them. He just asked them to make some war preparations after next spring.

Huan Xi has not yet decided whether to fight the war with Yu State from Pu Bandong or Hetao. He needs to wait until he returns to Chang'an to discuss this matter with Wang Meng, Quan Yi, Xie Ai and others.

But after all, Hedong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, which really allowed Fu Jian to secure Bingzhou. But when Yan State completely digested the three states of Qing, Yan, and Xu, there would be many twists and turns.

At the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Princess Weiwei, who went to the Eastern Wei Dynasty to marry, had difficulty adapting to life in the Central Plains. She was depressed and homesick all day long, and she died.

In the carriage, Huan Xi thought secretly:

'I wonder if my father can send troops to support us next year. '

Seeing his frown, Murong Ying knew that he was thinking about something, so she naturally didn't dare to disturb him, so she had to close her eyes and fall asleep.
Huan Xi was not delusional. With Yin Hao's implementation of Tujuan in Chu State, Huan Wen's urgent financial needs had been relieved. The Chu State had somewhat recovered its vitality, and Huan Xi did not need Huan Wen to mobilize his troops for the second Northern Expedition.

As long as more troops are sent to Luoyang to contain the Yan State, and at the same time pose a certain degree of threat to the Yu State, forcing Fu Jian to allocate part of his troops to defend Luoyang, Huan Xi can be relieved of a lot of pressure.

Huan Xi felt that this request was not too much, and Huan Wen would probably satisfy him.

After all, he was begging for the Xianbei rebellion and the fall of Wuwei. Under such difficult circumstances, he left an elite army for Huan Wen to assist him in capturing Luoyang. How could Huan Wen refuse the so-called courtesy exchange.

The reason why Huan Xi was able to gear up and plan to send troops to Hedong was actually because Liang Guo's finances had also weathered the difficulties.

In May last year, there was a frost disaster in Liangzhou. The crops were frozen to death, which not only triggered a rebellion, but also put a heavy burden on the Liang State treasury.

Huan Xi exempted the people of Liangzhou from taxes for one year. Therefore, last year's treasury not only did not import money and grain from Liangzhou, but had to transport grain from Guanzhong to supply the needs of the disaster victims.

Fortunately, the days of poverty are over, and now is the time for people everywhere to pay their taxes.

Huan Xi does not know the specific data for the time being, and it needs to be compiled from various places to know clearly.

Throughout last year, although the weather in the northwest was not smooth, there were occasional dry spells and droughts. After all, the arid climate in the Kansai region is an indisputable fact.

However, God was kind and no large-scale natural disaster broke out. According to Wang Meng's report in the letter, the harvests in the four states of Yong, Liang, Qin, and Liang were acceptable.

The victims in Liangzhou had experienced a harvest, and naturally there was no need for the government to continue to provide relief. After getting rid of such a big burden, Huan Xi was finally able to free up his hands.

The Xiongnu in Xianbei in Hexi, Xianbei in Hetao, and Tiefu will also pay livestock taxes to the local Shanyutai, which is another input.

Of course, the Helan tribe and some small tribes that had defected from Dai country did not need to pay this year.

Huan Xi exempted them from their livestock tax this year, and Yinchuan Chanyutai will not start collecting it from them until next year.

Before Huan Xi left Houtao Plain, he had already negotiated the matter with He Laitou and the leaders of other tribes. After all, the livestock tax set by Huan Xi was not high, and was even lower than the tax rate of Dai.

When Huan Xi's team left Gaopingchuan and returned to Anding County, it was already the middle of winter, and the road was covered with wind and snow.

Five thousand fine cavalry endured the biting cold wind to protect Huan Xi's squadron.

Huan Xi sat in the carriage, heating up the stove, and could only hear the cold wind whistling outside the carriage, but could not feel the slightest chill.

Of course he knew the hard work of the soldiers, otherwise he would not have been in a hurry to leave the Hetao. It was just that the Helan tribe suddenly returned and was delayed in order to meet them.

Arriving at a post house, Huan Xi got off the carriage and looked at the guard Yi Cong who had been marching in the snow and suffered terribly. He did not rush to enter, but ordered Shen Chiqian:
"After passing the order, after returning to Chang'an, all the officers and men in the army will be given four pieces of cloth."

It has been more than half a year since Huan Xi left home, and now he has to suffer such a crime again. If no rewards are given, I am afraid that these five thousand soldiers will not be able to explain to their parents, wives and children when they return home.

Huan Xi was able to win the hearts of the army, besides winning battles often, he was also generous to his soldiers.

Sure enough, when the news spread, all the officers and soldiers in the army cheered.

(End of this chapter)